Table 16.
The basic descriptive statistics and reliability testing for the Anti-Expert Scale across countries with more than 200 participants.
| Country | N Scale | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Alpha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian Federation | 1768 | 3.86 | 1.13 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.661 |
| Japan | 1988 | 3.20 | 0.99 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.648 |
| Finland | 882 | 2.17 | 1.09 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.727 |
| Switzerland | 524 | 2.44 | 1.10 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.749 |
| Spain | 483 | 2.38 | 1.11 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 0.626 |
| Colombia | 439 | 2.30 | 1.06 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.617 |
| Portugal | 385 | 2.84 | 1.05 | 1.0 | 6.3 | 0.642 |
| Brazil | 391 | 2.10 | 0.96 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0.612 |
| Honduras | 290 | 3.08 | 1.17 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.659 |
| Ireland | 305 | 2.19 | 1.06 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 0.712 |
| Norway | 326 | 1.99 | 0.99 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.735 |
| Czech Republic | 296 | 2.77 | 1.16 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.684 |
| Slovakia | 266 | 2.47 | 1.04 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 0.689 |
| Italy | 264 | 2.94 | 1.33 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 0.739 |
| Bulgaria | 256 | 3.62 | 1.46 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.783 |
| Ecuador | 208 | 2.51 | 1.08 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.623 |
| Uruguay | 215 | 2.21 | 0.88 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.589 |
| Guatemala | 219 | 2.70 | 1.06 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.608 |
| Costa Rica | 215 | 2.29 | 1.03 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 0.605 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 192 | 4.11 | 1.03 | 1.3 | 7.0 | 0.540 |
| Ukraine | 215 | 2.74 | 1.04 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0.412 |
| Estonia | 206 | 2.32 | 1.00 | 1.0 | 5.3 | 0.614 |
| Malaysia | 167 | 2.66 | 1.05 | 1.0 | 6.3 | 0.662 |
| Taiwan | 198 | 3.53 | 1.05 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0.539 |
| Turkey | 148 | 3.22 | 1.18 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.701 |
Abbreviations: N Scale = number of participants who completed the scale. Mean = scale mean. SD = scale standard deviation. Min = minimum value of the mean scale score for the sample. Max = maximum value of the average scale score for the sample. Alpha = Cronbach’s alpha.